Police reveal new details in Lawrence apartment standoff that ended with 1 dead
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - Lawrence police have released new information following a standoff at an apartment complex that ended with one person dead.
Sergeant Drew Fennelly with the Lawrence Police Department said in a press release that the deceased was a 23-year-old Lawrence man. Police were trying to serve a warrant on the man for the following charges which had not yet been proven in court:
- Rape
- Aggravated criminal sodomy
- Aggravated indecent liberties
- Aggravated domestic battery
- Aggravated endangering a child
As officers arrived at an apartment complex in the 1700 block of Ohio Street on Wednesday, Nov. 29, they head a single gunshot, according to a press release. Police backed off from the apartment, establishing a perimeter and called for backup. The apartment complex was evacuated with officers entering it at 9:30 p.m. where they found a man dead.
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